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Cish actively silences tcr signaling in CD8+ T cells to maintain tumor tolerance
Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer volume 3, Article number: P39 (2015)
Background
Improving the functional avidity of effector T cells is critical in overcoming inhibitory factors within the tumor microenvironment and eliciting tumor regression.
Methods
We have found that Cish, a member of the Suppressor of Cytokine Signaling (SOCS) family, is induced by TCR stimulation in CD8+ T cells and inhibits their functional avidity against tumor.
Results
Genetic deletion of Cish in CD8+ T cells enhances their expansion, functional avidity and cytokine polyfunctionality, resulting in pronounced and durable regression of established tumors. Although Cish is commonly thought to block STAT5 activation, we found that the primary molecular basis of Cish suppression is through inhibition of TCR signaling. Cish physically interacts with the TCR intermediate PLCg1, targeting it for proteasomal degradation following TCR stimulation. Furthermore we extend these findings to patients PBL retrovirally transduced with tumor-specific TCRs and shorthairpin microRNAs targeting CISH.
Conclusions
These findings establish a novel targetable interaction that regulates the functional avidity of tumor-specific CD8+ T cells and can be manipulated to improve adoptive cancer immunotherapy.
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Palmer, D., Guittard, G., Franco, Z. et al. Cish actively silences tcr signaling in CD8+ T cells to maintain tumor tolerance. j. immunotherapy cancer 3 (Suppl 2), P39 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1186/2051-1426-3-S2-P39
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/2051-1426-3-S2-P39
Keywords
- Tumor Microenvironment
- Tumor Regression
- Durable Regression
- Proteasomal Degradation
- Cancer Immunotherapy